Update on MEI's Crystal Sea

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Hi all, well things were going ok with my new saltmix trial until my third change, it was not so good
I did my third change with the salt yesterday and it finally happened
All my stony's completly closed up, my anemone, and some of my softies as well. I had the water mixing for 4 days in a pail with a 402 powerhead and a Optima air pump and stone cranked up before changing it. All perameters where the same:PH,Salinity,Temp,etc... I don't know why but also when I added the new water it did not disolve completley as it turned the tank cloudy. It took about two hours for everything to re-open and clear up. The Frogspawn and Montipora however took way longer-about six hours. And both my acro frags shed some serious mucus too

I don't know if I'm liking this new saltmix anymore When I used IO I never experienced these kind of problems. I also see that there is a growing number of people responding to the thread on RC with the same troubles. I can only guess that MEI'S refinning process is not as good, this would explain the cloudyness and also the brick like form that it came in.

I have about half a box left, so I think my trial period will only be for a few more months and then I will make my decision as to sticking with the Crystal Sea or going back to Instant Ocean.

Cheers, Rich P.S. Thanks Tony
Here is the link to the growing thread on RC if anyone's interested:http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=1